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Nicholas Weinstock The first time I went to Ghana, I was 19 years old and volunteering to build a health clinic in a rural village. It was the early ‘90s, I was a teenaged lunatic, and everything bad that could have happened to me did: I got malaria; I was beaten up by soldiers on the border with the Ivory Coast — but I also encountered wonderful people and stunning and moving and unforgettable experiences and friendships.

Pep Guardiola said his Manchester City players would need to lift themselves as soon as possible as they aim to be crowned champions of the world next week.

Manchester United and Liverpool were both in European action during the week but the latter should go into Sunday's clash the fresher despite playing two days later.

RTL Group is selling its Dutch business RTL Nederland for €1.1B ($1.2B) in cash.

Football is heading to South America. Earlier this week, the NFL announced plans to play its first match in South America. The game will be played in Brazil, and follows various NFL matches hosted in European countries.

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Slipknot have announced a brand new UK and European tour to celebrate 25 years as a band.

EXCLUSIVE: Gersh Agency bosses have backed a new African streamer with a seven-figure investment.

Ben Croll World premiering out of the Marrakech Film Festival ahead of a wider and promising festival run, Luck Razanajaona’s “Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story” will offer the cinema of Madagascar its most prominent international showcase in nearly three decades. The feat didn’t come easy — or quickly — for the Malagasy filmmaker, who graduated from Marrakech’s ESAV film school in 2011 and then spent more than a decade crafting award-winning shorts while developing his first feature.

The National Grid will pay some households money or offer bill discounts for reducing energy usage today as temperatures dip below freezing.

Happy Valley‘s James Norton and Game of Thrones‘ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau are teaming up for a new drama series, King and Conqueror!

Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the film “Australia” and the limited series “Faraway Downs,” now streaming on Hulu. Fifteen years after the release of his 2008 epic romance “Australia,” Baz Luhrmann still struggles to find the right words to sum up its production. In this particular interview, he settles on one –– “fraught.” While shooting the film on location across its namesake continent, the native Australian director tried not to take it personally when the set-trained horses contracted a rare equine flu, or when the portion of the outback where they were filming received its first major rainfall in 150 years. But one thing after another repeatedly delayed production, and tested the cast and crew’s resilience.

Amazon has announced a major change to its packaging service across all of Europe, including the UK.

In a sneak peek of tonight's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! episode, Jamie Lynn Spears is seen suspended 70 feet in the air for a nerve-wracking Bushtucker Trial. The Zoey 101 star was voted to take on the Climb of Cruelty challenge, after repeatedly breaking down in tears in camp over missing her two children back home in the US.

The president of the SFA has launched an impassioned defence of VAR and claims Scottish referees are doing "amazing'" despite concerns over video replay.

Director: Marc Forster.Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Ludi Boeken, Fana Mokoena, Pierfrancesco Favino, Ruth Negga, Peter Capaldi, Moritz Bleibtreu, Abigail Hargrove, Sterling Jerins, David Morse.Running Time: 116 minutes.Certificate: 15.Synopsis: United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is at the forefront of a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies, governments and threatening to destroy humanity itself.Attempting to breathe new life into the zombie realm with his adaptation of Max Brooks’ 2006 book, Marc Forster has directed a relatively fun ride that will struggle to appease fans of the supernatural due to a steadfast commitment to family values and blatant lack of gore.Strongest when itching towards 28 DAYS LATER territory in its far quieter final third, WORLD WAR Z spends most of its time floating somewhere between disaster movie and family drama. Hopping from continent to continent may not leave us dizzy, but events never reach tangible levels of worldwide panic when personal elements cause such an infuriating distraction.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Thomas “Eromose” Ikimi, director of the Tribeca Film Festival player “88,” has been tapped to write a new drama about a fierce wildlife preservationist and activist. Eromose will write the screenplay for “Manaka,” a story inspired by the organization Saving the Wild and its founder Jamie Joseph. The Zimbabwean-born South African founded the charitable foundation to help protect rhinos from poaching, as well as to tell authentic stories about frontline workers protecting the species from going extinct.

After a close call mid-week, Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor says his players must 'earn their stripes' when they return to Women's Super League action when they welcome Brighton and Hove Albion to the Joie Stadium on Sunday, November 12.

Cairo-based African Export-Import Bank, also known as Afreximbank, is gearing up to launch a $1B African Film Fund in 2024 to support the continent’s burgeoning film industry.

Lionsgate revenue jumped to over $1 billion in the latest quarter, up from $858 million, driven by a nearly 80% jump in the motion picture division.

Manchester City became the quickest side to reach 250 Champions League goals during their convincing 3-0 win over BSC Young Boys on Tuesday evening.

“Unfair and coercive” buyout practices are putting creatives at “a considerable risk” and legislation must be implemented to stop them, a collective of authors rights groups has said.

Halloween might be over - but it doesn't feel like it.

Kendrick Lamar's company pgLang is working with Global Citizen to establish a touring circuit across Africa. pgLang has committed to curating annual Move Afrika shows for the next five years, starting with a Lamar headline show in Rwanda on December 6. When major U.S.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The philanthropic organization Global Citizen is teaming up with Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free’s company, pgLang, in an ambitious effort to establish a major music touring circuit across Africa. A kickoff event, “Move Afrika: Rwanda,” will take place Dec. 6 with the hip-hop superstar as the headliner.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Leading European artists, including Maria Choustova (“Donbass”), Sergei Loznitsa (“Donbass”), Pawel Lozinski (“Film balkonowy”) and Radu Jude (“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”), have taken a stand to support the Israeli film community as it seeks to rally voices and help free over 220 hostages in Gaza. These names penned a heartfelt letter addressing the resurgence of antisemitism across Europe and the significant part that European artists must play in raising the alarm. The letter will be sent to the European Film Academy with a request to circulate it among its 3,000 members ahead of the European Film Awards ceremony on Dec.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “House of the Dragon” Season 2 will premiere next summer on HBO, network chief Casey Bloys announced during a press event Thursday. At the media presentation, the first trailer for the second season screened exclusively for members of the media, who are not allowed to report details about the contents of the footage. Bloys previously told Variety that HBO was targeting a Summer 2024 premiere for the second season.

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy award-winning Afrobeats artist Mr Eazi has signed on to headline the forthcoming fifth season of The Change Africa Podcast from Nexa Media. 

Christopher Vourlias When director Yorgos Lanthimos approached production designers James Price and Shona Heath with a vision for his latest feature, “Poor Things,” the Venice sensation and Golden Lion winner that’s landed the filmmaker and lead actress Emma Stone at the forefront of this year’s Oscar race, the notoriously meticulous and demanding director had no shortage of notes for the duo. Nor did he have any reservations about the scale of what he wanted to achieve.

A hotel in Blackpool has officially be named the best luxury hotel on the continent after picking up the accolade at a prestigious hotel awards. BLVD Hotel took home the gong for Best Luxury Hotel in Northern Europe at the World Luxury Hotel Awards.

For the descendants of Elijah Reels, an area of coastal North Carolina in Carteret County has been their sanctuary – where they could raise their families, earn a living, and enjoy the bounty and the pleasures of the waterways. 

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” based on the very popular video game series will get a simultaneous release in theaters and streamers this week. Starting on Oct.

If you can believe it, it's just two weeks to go until the Manchester Christmas Markets make their grand return - and the full list of market traders has been revealed. The annual festive event, which sees Manchester's streets and squares filled with wooden huts and festive cheer will launch on Friday, November 10, and will open daily until Thursday, December 21 across nine different "zones".

Former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo turned back the clock on Tuesday night as he inspired Al Nassr to a 4-3 AFC Champions League victory over Philippe Coutinho's Qatari side Al Duhail.

You can’t ignore the signs that winter is on its way: big coats have been fetched from the depths of the wardrobe, evenings are growing darker and de-misting the car windscreen is becoming a daily habit. After the glorious long and sunny (well sometimes sunny) days of summer, it can all feel rather depressing.

: As of October 17, there is effectively a ban on glitter in Europe.Now that the European Commission's microplastics restriction went into effect, is banned, including those used in cosmetics and detergents. The goal is to find more to microplastics in order to reduce ocean pollution.